Red Dust Conspiracy
(2025)(The third book in the Dirk Hamm Investigations series)
A Story by Kit Sterling
In the harsh domed city of New Damascus on Mars, private investigator Dirk Hamm is used to uncovering ugly truths. But when a string of mysterious drone accidents claims the lives of workers in the Aurora Mine, he finds himself entangled in a web of corporate corruption that strikes uncomfortably close to home.
Victoria Chen, a brilliant roboticist from the privileged Inner Rings, seems like an unlikely ally in his investigation. As their paths intertwine and sparks fly, Dirk discovers that Victoria harbors dark secrets of her own—ones that could either liberate the oppressed workers or destroy them completely.
With mounting casualties, a shadowy drug operation, and the ruthless mining baron Martin Verne breathing down his neck, Dirk must make an impossible choice: protect the woman he's falling for, or expose a truth that could tear New Damascus apart. In a world where corporate greed rules and moral lines blur like the red dust storms outside the dome, justice comes at a devastating price.
Kit Sterling's noir thriller expertly weaves together elements of hard-boiled detective fiction and social commentary, creating a gritty tale of love, betrayal, and the true cost of revolution on a world where escape is never as simple as it seems.
Victoria Chen, a brilliant roboticist from the privileged Inner Rings, seems like an unlikely ally in his investigation. As their paths intertwine and sparks fly, Dirk discovers that Victoria harbors dark secrets of her own—ones that could either liberate the oppressed workers or destroy them completely.
With mounting casualties, a shadowy drug operation, and the ruthless mining baron Martin Verne breathing down his neck, Dirk must make an impossible choice: protect the woman he's falling for, or expose a truth that could tear New Damascus apart. In a world where corporate greed rules and moral lines blur like the red dust storms outside the dome, justice comes at a devastating price.
Kit Sterling's noir thriller expertly weaves together elements of hard-boiled detective fiction and social commentary, creating a gritty tale of love, betrayal, and the true cost of revolution on a world where escape is never as simple as it seems.
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